A Fighter's Mark or "an attack that does not include you"

RigaMortus2

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When an enemy uses a power that grants multiple attacks, does that give the fighter an attack against the enemy? For instance, the ranger's at will Twin Strike power, if the ranger makes one attack against the fighter and then one against someone else, does the fighter get an attack? Does the ranger take the -2 penalty to the attack against the other person?

If a solo hydra, who gets 4 attacks (one per head) directs any of those attacks to someone other than the Fighter, would the Fighter get their attack against the hydra?
 

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In the case of Twin Strike, which is, indeed, two separate attacks, the Ranger would indeed suffer a -2 to an attack not aimed at the Fighter, and in that case, the Fighter would get his attack. The same applies with the Hydra, as it's making four separate attacks.

Remember, the mark affects attacks that don't include the Fighter, not powers that don't include the Fighter. If a power causes more than one attack, every attack is subject to the effects of the mark.
 

When an enemy uses a power that grants multiple attacks, does that give the fighter an attack against the enemy?

The problem is that there are at least four possible definitions of 'attack', and for three of them, the Ranger's Twin Strike doesn't involve an attack that does not include the Fighter.

1. A power with the Area keyword is an "Area Attack", whether it's an attack power or a utility power. So Twin Strike is either a Melee Attack or a Ranged Attack, and in either case, it includes the fighter as a target. Wall of Fog, a utility power, is an Area Attack, but since it has no targets, it cannot include the fighter as a target - Wall of Fog would trigger the fighter's attack.

2. Twin Strike is an Attack Power. If we assume that this is what is meant by "an attack", Twin Strike includes the fighter as a target. Wall of Fire is an Attack Power, but since it has not targets, it cannot include the fighter as a target - Wall of Fire would trigger the fighter's attack.

3. Twin Strike is a power that contains a line headed "Attack". If this is what is meant by "an attack", then Twin Strike's Attack line includes the fighter as a target. Wall of Fire has no Attack line, so it is not an attack, and would not trigger the fighter's attack.

4. Twin Strike explicitly states that the character makes two attacks. One of these includes the fighter as a target (and does not trigger the fighter's attack), but the other does not include the fighter as a target (and triggers the fighter's attack).

Unfortunately, it's not made clear exactly which definition of 'attack' is being used in the phrase "an attack which does not include the fighter as a target".

-Hyp.
 


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